I Broke My Record at MONSTER SIZE Vintage & Modern Toy Fair

[00:00:00] Speaker 1: If you guys collect toys like me, check out angelgrovecollectibles.com and use my code SIMPLE at checkout for 10% off your order and they also ship worldwide. But if you're looking for storage and protection for your comic books, trading cards and more, visit Collectors Hub by using my affiliate link in the video description and the discount code provided. This offer is for Australia only. What is going on beautiful people? I am Simple Simon and it is 7.30 in the morning and I am on my way to the second ever Monster Size Toy Fair. It is the biggest traditional toy fair I guess you could say in Melbourne. Some would say Australia but then some would get upset so I won't say that but it's a pretty big show and it's gonna be awesome. Now I'm really nervous about today's show because some might know I'm a bit of a broken record and I've told this story many times but last year's event I was so pumped for it, so excited and then on the day I was just way too focused on filming the video and I also met so many people. Like you know a lot of people meet me now you know at the shows and tell me they watch the videos but last year was insane at Monster Size Toy Fair. It took me five hours for my first lap and then I think maybe a quarter or a third of the way through my second lap the day was over. It was done. Yeah it wasn't that I didn't enjoy myself but I felt I felt robbed a little bit and you know it's my own fault so I'm really hoping that doesn't happen today because I'm really excited to hopefully find some goodies. There are so many sellers that have come out of the woodworks. A lot of people have added me on Instagram recently and when I click on the page it looks like they're gonna be private sellers at Monster Size. There's so many of them which is really really exciting for me. I don't have a huge budget but I definitely have my biggest budget I've had since for a while. So I'm excited to hopefully find some goodies at good prices, good deals. Everyone's gonna be there. A bunch of interstate YouTubers are there today. Even people from New Zealand came down for this. Yeah, it's gonna be a sick day so I don't know how I'm gonna approach this video but hopefully it's good. Hopefully you enjoy it and hopefully you get a sense of what the Monster Size Toy Fair is all about. Let's go. Quick shout out to my Siminions. Your support means the world and if you want exclusive members-only videos and exclusive emojis hit the join button to find out more. But always remember your membership is not required. The best way to support the channel is by liking and commenting on videos. Hello. Excuse me. Could I get a photo with your wife? Yeah, sure. Sure. Sure. [00:02:42] Speaker 2: This one. This one. This one. This one. This one. This one. This one. This one. This one. This one. This one. This one. This one. This one. This one. This one. This one. This one. This one. This one. This one. Oh. [00:02:46] Speaker 3: Oh. He's stuck there all day. [00:02:49] Speaker 2: Get these out of my life. Thank you, sir. How far are you? Whereabouts are you? Ah, middle. E. E. Okay. I'll find you. [00:02:57] Speaker 4: I haven't seen you for so long, mate. How are you doing? Not too bad. Yeah. What's going on? [00:03:11] Dave: What are you looking for today, Dave? No idea yet. Um, uh, yeah. Just check it out. I have no plan. [00:03:18] Speaker 2: Have you been away? I've been to San Diego, so I'm a little bit conned out. Oh, that's right. Oh, that's right. That's right. Sorry. I don't know. Oh, is this going to compare to San Diego? Hello. This guy just came back from San Diego. Let's, let's see if we can do better. [00:03:31] Speaker 1: I can do better for vintage toys, right? That's right. That's right. [00:03:35] Ben from Super Retro Squad: Ben from Super Retro Squad. Hi. First time at, uh, Monster Size. It is my first time here. Not Melbourne. I've been to Melbourne before. Yeah, you've come quite a bit to Melbourne. I try to. Um, I get to travel a lot with work, so. Oh, perfect. So, it's an advantage. But yeah, first time Mega, uh, not Mega Toy Fair. That's, uh, something else that I should. [00:03:52] Speaker 2: I'll be there next year. Oh, really? I'm hoping, well, I would like to come back to Adelaide. It was so good, man. Adelaide is worth the trip. [00:03:58] Ben from Super Retro Squad: Well, Mega Toy Fair is pretty good. It's two days. Um, and then we got money to side. But yeah, something this big, I think it's on par with the Mega Toy Fair. However, Adelaide being Adelaide, we don't have a lot of stuff. It's a bit, a bit hard to find things. Um, although I did manage around, notice around here, not many carriage sales on the weekend either. I mean, the weather. Obviously, it had something to do with it. Yeah, that's a different scene as well. [00:04:20] Speaker 1: Really? There's a dude here called, uh, Gotta Sell 'Em All. Yes, yes, yeah. You know Johnny? Yeah, so he does a lot. [00:04:25] Speaker 2: He does those garage trails where he goes to like ten of them in one day. Yep, yep, yep, yep. Yeah, nice. Uh, what are you looking for today? [00:04:31] Ben from Super Retro Squad: Dino riders. Uh, I didn't know you were into that. Oh, awesome. Yeah, I've got a rather large collection, but I paste them together, which is dumb, and just slowly put them together. And, uh, vintage Ninja Turtles. They're my two, mate. Okay, there'll definitely be plenty of those. Yeah, yeah. I'm trying to complete a Technodrome at the moment, which is silly. [00:04:50] Speaker 1: All right, it's time for the line shot. It got big really quick. So, normally, I like to get a shot of the line, like, you know, like just going straight down the line. A little bit difficult today because it's, uh, looks like that. So, I don't know how I'm going to do this line shot. I might just, it might just have to be a panning shot. Hey, bro. It's Van from Spud Collects. Fresh off the plane, man. This guy. Were you sick of, um, me putting your personal Instagram in my video so you create... [00:05:16] Speaker 7: I didn't mind it, but I'm not really a content creator, but I figured I'd just create one just for collecting stuff, so... That's great. That's great. You want to follow me? Follow me, go ahead. There you go. I'll put it up. Cheers, man. What, uh, what are we looking for today? The usual. You know, the, uh, here, I get a lot of marble edges here, so that's what I'm kind of aiming for. Obviously, uh, physical media, retro games, all that kind of stuff as well, so... Any vintage Pokemon, or not today? That's, look, that's, I'm always on the lookout for that, but it's not, like, something I'm expecting here. It would be a pleasant surprise if I get something, so... [00:05:45] Speaker 2: Um, are you going anywhere after this, or is it just here today? [00:05:48] Speaker 7: I'm flying in and flying out, so I'm staying here today, so... Oh, okay. Not my usual itinerary where I go anywhere else, no. And I don't have the energy for that as well. [00:05:55] Speaker 1: Fair enough, mate. Alright, I'll see you in there. Mate, if you're here, who's in the Outback? [00:06:00] Speaker 8: The man himself, Remy Q Studio. Shout out to Remy, running the show, so hopefully he doesn't get me copyright claims as usual. [00:06:07] Speaker 1: Are you going to be here for a while then, or are you rushing to get out of here to get back to the Outback? [00:06:11] Speaker 8: Nah, I'm going to take my time this time. Last time we were in and out, like, an hour, hour and a half, I think. How is that possible? I suppose you're only after comics, so... Yeah, but yeah, I'm going to actually take a little bit more time this time and actually go through everything properly and then hit the comic stands. [00:06:29] Speaker 9: I might nick an ASM from him. [00:06:33] Speaker 8: Nah, it's good to at least do one event every now and again. [00:06:36] Speaker 2: Well, I hope you find ASM1 for a great price. [00:06:39] Speaker 8: ASM1 for a thousand dollars? Yay! No, not going to happen. Nah, less than that. Ryan the Collector Kid, mate. [00:06:45] Speaker 10: Yeah, how you going, man? [00:06:46] Speaker 1: I'm good, man. What are you expecting from your first Monstercise? [00:06:49] Speaker 10: Oh, I don't know, man. I think some Star Trek, maybe some Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures. That's right, you're on the hunt for that phone booth, mate. You and my mate Mick? [00:06:57] Speaker 2: Yeah, that's it. That's the storyline today. Will Ryan or my mate Mick find the phone booth? That's the storyline. I hope one of you guys find it at least. [00:07:05] Speaker 10: Yeah, maybe some real Ghostbusters, so we'll see how we go. [00:07:08] Speaker 1: How's your Melbourne trip been so far? [00:07:10] Speaker 10: Yeah, it's been awesome. We had a good flight from Perth to Melbourne, three hours. Got to hang out with you guys last night and go to Comics for Us. It's just been an awesome trip so far, so bring it on. [00:07:20] Speaker 1: Well, mate, hopefully I'll see you before the day ends and we can see how you went. Yeah. And hopefully, you might come up to Perth sometime to check out this Nexus Toy Fair. That'd be awesome, yeah. Alright, sweet mate, cheers. [00:07:32] Speaker ?: Let's go. [00:08:02] Speaker 1: Alright, so, it's all gone. Now, I've got a game plan this year. It's getting hectic down here, so I'm going to run all the way to the end and go from the back to the front. So, let's do this. [00:08:29] Speaker 11: Hi Mark! Hi Tony! [00:08:53] Speaker 4: Hi the other Mark! Alright! [00:08:59] Speaker 2: I thought I was the only one who had this idea! Come straight to the back! [00:09:03] Speaker 12: I'm like straight to the back! What are we looking for Screech? You know what I'm looking for, I'm looking for Snailians as always! [00:09:09] Speaker 1: Arthur you don't have them all? [00:09:11] Speaker 12: I've got them all, I'm doing an army build! [00:09:13] Speaker 1: I'm looking for 32! [00:09:15] Speaker 2: If you guys don't know what Snailians are, check out the video I'll leave a link to it somewhere but mate I watched that video and I was like I feel like I want at least one Snailian in my life! [00:09:23] Speaker 12: You've got to have at least one! [00:09:25] Speaker 2: That's for sure! Well mate you let me know if you find one here mate in Melbourne! You'll hear about it for sure! [00:09:31] Speaker 13: Thanks mate! You made it! [00:09:35] Speaker 1: That's right! [00:09:36] Speaker 13: Come down and do it! [00:09:37] Speaker 1: Just so you guys know, this guy brings the best stuff! And a month ago he wasn't even signed up for this! And I was like dude! You've got to do Monster Size! And here he is! Did you bring your best? Yeah! [00:09:48] Speaker 2: Pretty much! Yes! Let's have a look! [00:09:54] Speaker 1: Alright so let's see what the Monster Size Vintage and Modern Toy Fair is all about! This first table belongs to Andy who I first met at the Geelong Comic and Toy Fair In fact that's the only show I've really seen him at And then more recently I've seen him at a few more local shows down here Which is great to see! Him and his partner always bring great stuff! And then we've got some what looks like premium format statues and figures here If you're a Marvel fan! There's plenty of Marvel around! Speaking of Marvel! The boys from Backseat Comics had plenty of Marvel, DC and all your comic needs! Those guys are awesome! Great books! Great prices! And here is the walking shot! This dude here had quite the mix! He had Marvel Legends! He had Pokemon! He had One Piece! He had Transformers! For cheap! Cheap Transformers is always a good thing! And who said there'd be no TCG at this show? This dude had it all! And I know all the grumpy old men are going to be like "Oh there's too many cards already!" Just shut up! There was so much stuff besides cards! The show was well and truly on it's way And then I ran into my mate Mick! Mate we've been here for 2 minutes! What you got? Oh you got him! Got him! Oh wait! Did you get it from Mark in the corner? Nah I've got it from the big side of the man Tony Tony B! The legendary Tony B! I need to meet this guy! And you got another one there! Wow! Where's your big tote bag? Mate that is quick! Yeah! Not even 10 minutes! Two pickups! I love it! Alright! Well the Iraq's need is good! I was hoping you'd get that today! Now just a phone booth! [00:11:30] Speaker ?: Yes! [00:11:31] Speaker 1: Marvel Legends? And Pokemon on the same table! [00:11:34] Speaker 7: Oh man! This is more Marvel Legends than the last few already! Haha! This is awesome! [00:11:39] Speaker 1: Shout out to Peppino's Toys! A name you might want to look out for! She was making her table debut! She said she's going to give this a crack! It looks like fun! She's going to get all the Instagrams and all that stuff ready! I don't have a black cat in my Marvel Legends collection! I think I should probably get a black cat one day! But great to see! So many vendors I've never seen before! This table here was so colourful! Look at all the Care Bears! Look at these ones! They're kind of expensive! So I'm assuming they're the vintage of vintage Care Bears! They even had some Harley and Joker for me! It's like they knew I was coming! But yes! I love a brighter table! Look at that! All the My Little Ponies! And they look pretty vintage as well! And then another first timer! A Transformers guy! Another but Transformers! And he said this is probably the only show he'll do! Because he doesn't have enough stock! But shout out to that dude there! He watches the channel! And he had a lot of great Transformers! And hopefully we do see him back on the scene! Who are we going to talk to next? Oh wait! I ran into another local legend! [00:12:47] Speaker 4: What are you doing here man? What's going on bro? What are you looking for today? What am I doing here? [00:12:51] Dave: It's my first time here! Oh you didn't go last year! No I was working! Oh dude! And I almost wouldn't have made it today! Because the last two weeks I was crook as a dog! But I'm better now! I'm kind of happy! That I was able to pop the cherry so to speak today! So... [00:13:05] Speaker 1: And can I ask! Have you already come all the way to the back? Or did you start at the back like me? [00:13:09] Dave: No! I came in through the front door and I've come that way! Around the wall! Okay! I'm doing a full circuit and working my way in like a snail shell! I forgot about the wall! [00:13:17] Speaker 2: Because last year that got a little bit... I forgot about that! [00:13:20] Dave: Yeah there you go! There you go! What are you looking for? Quick! Oh man look! Of course I'm looking for Joe's stuff! [00:13:26] Speaker 4: I probably won't find anything... I was going to say don't you have it all? [00:13:28] Dave: I've got a lot! I don't have it all! I found one thing over there but it's 230 bucks! I'm not prepared to pay that! So I was just like... Up my brakes! Mate! Just got here! [00:13:37] Speaker 2: You gotta pace yourself! 3:45pm! Let's see if that price drops! Yeah! [00:13:41] Speaker 1: That's right baby! You got all the Lego at Jason's table here! Did you know this dude has like the craziest Starscream collection ever? And then what the hell? This is not a toy store! Do these guys know they came to the Vintage Modern Toy Fair? These guys have the most unique toys in the building! And they also have a shop out in Brunswick! Which I do have to visit soon! If you ever saw Video Days in some of my vlogs! Video Days have actually now opened up inside! This is not a toy shop! So CJ's got something for me to pick up! So I gotta go visit this store! It's about time too! I did visit their original store when it was in the city! This is Liam from Station City Toys! Bringing his own unique toys as well! But yes! If you like unique items that no one else will have! This is the place to go! I actually can't wait to check out their shop! And Secret HQ again! I can't believe I've seen these guys twice in just a short amount of time at events! It's great to see! Do you know what their secret is? That they're not just a common shop! They also sell TCG! Did you know that? They've got so much stuff for a shop that is just shoved into a corner at Akuna Park Market! If you're ever out that way in Beacons Field! Check out Secret HQ every Sunday morning at the Akuna Park Market! What's next? You don't collect masks! I don't collect masks! [00:15:02] Speaker 14: I don't collect masks! But now you do! Now I do! Yeah! Now I have to! So Slingshot! And Rhino! Ram! I think it's called! Way too much money or something I don't collect! [00:15:16] Speaker 1: What made you wanna? You watched masks I'm assuming? Yeah! [00:15:19] Speaker 14: Yeah! I remember it from when I was a kid! [00:15:21] Speaker 1: Cause I watched masks as well but I don't remember anything about it! I remember the way some of the characters look but I don't remember anything about the actual story! [00:15:27] Speaker 14: I remember there were people who wore masks and went in cars and the cars could sort of semi-transform! And the cars were cool! And that was cool! And then I saw a video recently! Again this is like social media! That shows me how much they actually do transform like in the show! Okay! It's the same sort of era! [00:15:44] Speaker 1: That's cool! [00:15:45] Speaker 4: Look at the boys! [00:15:48] Speaker 1: The boys! Where'd this banner come? I haven't seen you guys sell since CollectFest 25! Yeah! [00:15:54] Speaker 4: We're back! [00:15:55] Speaker 1: Mate I didn't know you guys were so jacked! No! When did that happen? [00:16:00] Speaker 2: We just went away and just treated you! [00:16:06] Speaker 1: Josh and EJ! I met these guys at CollectFest last year! They're huge supporters of the channel! So I always enjoy seeing them at shows! And they bring variety as well! They didn't just have cards! They had some retro games! Street Fighter EX is probably the last Street Fighter game that I was probably playing actively at the arcades! I wasn't very good at it though! I was more of a Street Fighter 2 guy! This dude here had some great diecast cards! I don't know a lot about diecasts! I just know the term red line! And the guy spat in the rack and said show your diecast buddies these bad boys! Huh? Are they bad boys? I'm not too sure! Besides my mate Jerome who we'll speak to later in the video! Does anyone who watches my videos collect diecasts? I wanna know! Let me know in the comments! This is a new show! Daylesford Toys and Trading Card Fair! I looked into it! This is a weekend event! The toy fair is just one day on a Saturday! But this collectibles fair runs all weekend! So check that out! I've added it to the Simpleverse calendar! Here is another first time seller! Bringing some great stuff! I do apologize guys! I forgot the name! But they had some primo items! Including this awesome alien statue! Oh sorry! A predator statue! And he showed me a photo of what's inside the box! That's very nice! And of course where there is vintage toys! There are vintage Motu figures! I was actually considering adding Man at Arms at the top corner there to my collection! But I totally didn't! And here's some Castle Greyskull and Snake Mountain from my mate Michael, Jet X Kid! And this dude was tabling right next to my buddy Jay Swish Collectibles! Dion always brings the sickest collectibles! The sickest cars! The sickest games! And the sickest drip! It's not bad! [00:17:46] Speaker 4: Show us that shirt mate! [00:17:48] Speaker 12: Show us that shirt! [00:17:50] Speaker 4: That looks good mate! Look at the back! Oh shit! Oh man! That's sick! I loved it! [00:17:57] Speaker 1: I was excited about this table! I really was! Yeah! Because you guys did so well at Geelong! Thank you! You were posting some stuff like... I've never... I've got this but like... Yeah. [00:18:07] Speaker 2: I've never seen it... It was so hard to get! I saw it in Japan! And in... Yeah! [00:18:13] Speaker 1: It's such a hard figure to get! And it's so good! It's adorable! And you've also got the Marvel Legends version! Which is also... I was watching this on Ebay for the longest time! [00:18:22] Speaker 2: Really? At just regular retail price! I was like I'll get it one day! And then the day I wanted to get it! You couldn't get any more! And it was like five times the price! Yeah! But that's cool! [00:18:31] Speaker ?: That's neat! [00:18:32] Speaker 1: Check out this killer! This is an action figure 3 pack from Tron! But look at the box! That is probably the coolest box I've ever seen in my life! These ladies I met at the Geelong Comic and Toy Fair! And they bring some really amazing stuff at great prices! And you can find them on Ebay! At Elsewhere's! And also on Instagram! And next let's take a look at what Kelly found! Got some vintage figures there! Loose! You got some dolls! And some My Little Ponies! Now let me know if you guys collect vintage! Do you always need them complete? Or do you like to buy them nice, cheap and all beat up? $8 for a Donatello! That's pretty good! If it didn't come with a star for $8 bucks I'd just pick up a twig off the street! The Hot Keys up the top there! I think there used to be a guitar version called Hot Licks! Which I had as a kid! I think Hot Keys is the keytar version! I have a Cowabunga collection! Who's this guy? Wait a second! I didn't even notice the first time I filmed that sign! But look! Raphael! That's me! I'm a Teenage Mutant Simple Turtle! And then look at this one! You got Teenage Mutant Ninja SizzDog! Where YouTube is in a half shell! What legend came up with those signs? It can only be my buddy Mark! The guy who made the speech! Who's uh... Are you flexing your arms Mark? You flexing your arms Mark! To the camera! Mate! Who flexes their arms in front of the camera? My friend Mark! The guy who made the speech! So besides speeches! Mark actually used to be the biggest Ninja Turtle collector in the world! But now he sold off his Ninja Turtles in exchange for collecting vintage everything! He collects vintage everything! Oh! Loose figures! Now these are loose figures I can get behind! That's what I like to pay for a loose figure! And while I was going through these cheap loose figures! My buddy Mick! Happened to stumble across a grail! Wow! You win! This! Is the hardest fucking thing to get! In the world! And so is the other one! [00:20:29] Speaker 2: I got the other one on card! [00:20:31] Speaker 4: But uh... [00:20:32] Speaker 2: I actually would prefer a loose! Yeah! [00:20:35] Speaker 7: Wow! [00:20:36] Speaker 1: That! Um... This is a different... I know! This is the one from the different packaging with the round bubble! Cause I don't think I've got that weapon in my... I've got her gun but I don't have... Wow! That is... [00:20:50] Speaker 2: Well done mate! That's better than the phone booth I say! [00:20:52] Speaker 11: Yeah! I'm happy! [00:20:54] Speaker 2: That's awesome dude! Simon! [00:20:56] Speaker ?: How are you man? Oh my goodness! [00:20:58] Speaker 8: How are you sir? Good, good, good! [00:21:00] Speaker 1: What is this? You saw that Shira little golden book? Yeah, yeah, yeah! How cool is that? Is that old? Eh... No! No! Cause I know... I was gonna say... [00:21:10] Speaker 15: I've got the alien one which came out not that long ago! Yeah, yeah! Be about the same! [00:21:13] Speaker 1: That's funny! [00:21:14] Speaker 15: It's always great seeing my buddy Scotty Liston! [00:21:16] Speaker 2: Tabling at a show! I haven't seen him table since... [00:21:18] Speaker 1: It's always great seeing my buddy Scotty Liston! Tabling at a show! I haven't seen him table since... Ooh, I think Collectfest last year! So Scott's been actually watching my channel since the very beginning! And back when I only had just a couple of hundred subscribers, Scott gave me some massive opportunities! He's the event director at Supernova and I'm always grateful for what he did for me! So shout out to Scotty! Uh, mate! Always great seeing you! And then this next table belongs to Rod! Who you'll often see working at Aaron's Collectibles! He actually sold Mick that Vasquez and Hudson! So I'm spewing I didn't get to Rod first! But... He can't win 'em all! [00:22:00] Speaker 4: Dan the man! Hello! How are you? Congratulations! Thank you! First time selling! How's it going so far? So far so good! [00:22:08] Speaker 16: Mate! The table! Did you... Yeah, had to substitute, replace them! You did all this? Yes! You did the setup? Is this your mum? Nice to meet you! Yes! Nice to meet you! [00:22:19] Speaker 4: Mom and I did it! Wow! Looks great! [00:22:22] Speaker 16: Thank you! Fantastic! [00:22:24] Speaker 4: Really good! All the items have been given you home which is great! So... That's great! Wow! [00:22:29] Speaker 16: Are you gonna do this more you think? I'm not sure but... [00:22:31] Speaker 4: I mean, you know, if you make good money, you know, maybe it's worth doing! [00:22:34] Speaker 16: If it's sales move, I'll keep doing some more, yeah! But I'm doing so far today! [00:22:39] Speaker 1: Wait, are you selling these... Wait, what do you... What are prices here? [00:22:42] Speaker 16: Oh, I have the price on the paper though, Simple Simon! $20? [00:22:46] Speaker 2: Yeah! [00:22:47] Speaker 16: Oh, for these things? Yeah! Force Awakens! Wow! Yeah! So, I'm doing a bit of more stuff, a bit of everything Star Wars, they have a clearance under the table, and a physical media! [00:22:57] Speaker 4: Wow! Very cool, man! [00:22:59] Speaker 16: Very cool! [00:23:00] Speaker 4: Yeah! [00:23:01] Speaker 16: Good to see you, man! [00:23:02] Speaker ?: Good to see you, Simple Simon! [00:23:05] Speaker 1: So, tabling right next to Dan was this little dude here, making his table debut, selling some of his Simpsons collection. I find it fascinating, so many younger people collect Simpsons, because I feel like Simpsons was, you know, older now. Uh, this table belongs to, I think his name's Alex, uh, he works at Collectors Quest, which is now in Rosanna. I did a video at their old store, but not at the new location just yet, but Alex happens to be quite the comic book fan, and he actually, I think he makes these, uh, comic book binders, which I'd never seen before until he showed me at CollectFest earlier in the year, and I think he was selling that absolute Batman set there. I remember these guys from last year, they had some amazing stuff. Now, they said they don't really sell often because they're just private sellers. Uh, that book is beautiful as well. But, um, a lot of their stock went last year, and this is all their leftover stuff, but still a lot of great stuff. [00:23:58] Speaker 2: Just in case I don't see you again, Ben. Yes. You've been here for two hours. I have. Just your thoughts, man. Uh, it's great. [00:24:05] Ben from Super Retro Squad: Yeah. Uh, what I've noticed is there's a lot higher end of retro stuff. So, just, I'm looking at a box snake mountain right now, and there's a fright zone right there. Um, I've picked up some really cool comics. The prices are actually on par. Like, they're not completely unreasonable. [00:24:21] Speaker 2: Um, you'll find some people though that have the really cheap stuff as well, but they're probably gone by now. Absolutely. [00:24:26] Ben from Super Retro Squad: Absolutely. That would have been gone last night. Let's be honest. We've, we've done this dance before. Uh, but yeah, like really, really cool. Really cool. I'm on my second and a half lap now. Uh, still finding stuff that I sort of want to get my fingers in. And then there's other stuff you go off. It's still here on the other lap, maybe. You only have limited funds, unfortunately. [00:24:44] Speaker 1: Are you doing a video on this event? [00:24:46] Ben from Super Retro Squad: Yes. Yeah. [00:24:48] Speaker 1: So I'm actually streaming it live now. You're streaming it live? Yeah. [00:24:51] Ben from Super Retro Squad: Unless you get back to your live. [00:24:52] Speaker 1: Hi, Simon. How about the tapes van? Bro. Find anything? [00:24:56] Speaker 7: This is awesome. I've got the blockbuster coloring, the theme shelves as well. [00:25:01] Speaker 2: Mate, some class. Wait, hang on. But some of these movies are before your time, I feel like. Like, there's a classic right there. Oh yeah? No, right next to that. Oh. Over the top. Have you seen that? Over the top with Stallone there. No, man. It's a, it's an arm wrestling movie. Dude, you've got to see it. Have you seen that? Oh. I haven't seen that. That looks like a banger right there. I haven't, I know what it is. This is, I don't know if this is meant to be based on the Superman steal. [00:25:24] Speaker 7: Is this before or after Shazam? [00:25:26] Speaker 2: Which one is this? Oh, it's a similar time I think. Like he was, that was when he was doing movies. Shaq was in movies. [00:25:33] Speaker 7: Yeah. Like a market stall or something? No, no, no, no. [00:25:36] Speaker 4: This is, these guys, these guys only sell at this show. Oh. This is it. They're exclusive to the monster size. These guys. [00:25:43] Speaker 7: Look at these. [00:25:44] Speaker 4: The classics. All of them. [00:25:46] Speaker 7: Yeah. Yeah. These ones are, they're more ones though, but this is rare. You don't have, oh the double pack. [00:25:53] Speaker 4: Yeah. That's really rare. The double pack. Have you seen Kickboxer? [00:25:57] Speaker 7: I have. That is awesome. [00:25:59] Speaker 2: Classic moments in film history. You don't happen to have the Transformers animated movie on tape, do you? [00:26:05] Speaker 7: There is, um, I don't know if it's over here. No, is that new? [00:26:11] Speaker 1: No, no, no. [00:26:12] Speaker 2: It's in the animated movie. An animated movie. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:26:15] Speaker 7: There is on Transformers and I'm not sure if they're here though. Um, today. [00:26:19] Speaker 2: Okay. Because. Because that is definitely one that I would probably purchase on site. Well, you guys got it. [00:26:26] Speaker 1: I'll let you go anyway. Yeah, cool man. It won't be here though. [00:26:29] Speaker 2: Yeah, that's all good. That's all good. You do come across that? Yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:26:33] Speaker 7: Shoot us a message, mate. I mean, there's some really, really cool. Look at the ramblers up there. Yeah, I know, man. That's, uh... [00:26:44] Speaker 1: Before I start though, Jerome. What's going on? One second, he's an action figure vintage guy. Next second is a Pokemon card guy. Now he's a die-cast guy. [00:26:52] Speaker 17: Die-cast guy. [00:26:53] Speaker 1: You're going to go to Adelaide, dude. The die-cast scene is... [00:26:56] Speaker 17: I'm going to Sydney. There's an Australian die-cast expert up in Sydney. There you go. There you go. Three weeks time. [00:27:02] Speaker 1: Did you see the guy down... There's a guy over there. He's got the spinner. Redline spinners. No, no, I haven't. [00:27:07] Speaker 17: Like I said, I only just got up to here, so... [00:27:09] Speaker 2: I took a shot for you, but you should go look at it for real. He said, show your mate these. He spun it around. He goes, show him these ones. Alright. I don't know what I was looking at. [00:27:17] Speaker 17: I'll have a suss. I'll have a suss. I've got some old Hot Wheels. There's some vintage. Early 2000s. [00:27:23] Speaker 2: What do you look for when you look for a die-car? [00:27:26] Speaker 17: Because I know nothing about them. Cars that I like, man. Just cars that you like? Just cars that I like. So, these are newer. So, they're like old Skylines. Oh, yeah. You know, you've got one with like Coke Zero livery on it. [00:27:37] Speaker 9: And that sort of stuff. So, nice. [00:27:39] Speaker 17: Yeah, whatever you like, man. I'm trying to... It's a big hobby. Lots of stuff. So, you've got to like... I did get swept up right at the start. And now, I've like culled my collection straight away. I actually did a stream and whatnot. Yeah. So, that was pretty successful. Massive die-cast community on whatnot. Doing another sale on Friday. If the video goes out on Friday. Put it up here, mate. We'll put it up here. And then, um... [00:28:04] Speaker 1: And then he's going to be at the Yarraville Comic & Toy Fair. Yes, that's right. Selling live for the first time. Selling live. But he's not selling die-casts, right? You're selling... [00:28:11] Speaker 17: I'm selling my old stuff, yeah. All the toys. Yeah. So, I've got some vintage Kenner. Some vintage Toy Biz. X-Men. Um... Yeah, 90s, early 2000s stuff. Um... Yeah, action figures. Comic books. I actually got like a... A good mix of stuff. But, uh... Yeah, like not a huge amount. But, pretty curated. Pretty, uh... Pretty nice stuff. So, come down and check it out. Yarraville. Can't wait, mate. Alright, so there was still this side wall. [00:28:37] Speaker 1: And I wasn't actually sure how I was going to approach looking down the side aisle. So, I thought I'd actually leave it till the very end. I just had a sneak peek there. Dave Holder was there. Did you know he's a Lego master? And he's also a massive Transformers fan. Gaming Nintendo fan as well. And he brought some great stuff. In fact, he had one of the Transformers I was after. Unfortunately, it was no longer with us by the time I got to his table. Which is unfortunate. But, it was cool to see him on the other side of the table. He even had some Transformers shoes. Check these out. There's the Megatron cons. And you've also got the Prime. You put these on your feet. And they'll transform you into an athlete. Maybe. Sophie Kalexan Rio is there. It was great to see Sophie and Justin. I miss those guys. I don't see them enough. And look. She even brought one piece bangers. She knows what's hot right now. If you ever need anything San Rio related. Sophie Kalexan Rio is the place to go. There's my boy Ash. Who's representing the Geelong Comic and Toy Fair. Always great to see Ash and Evan. And look at these beautiful displays. Aren't they amazing? They're actually custom made by the one and only Drax Toys. Hey. [00:30:00] Speaker 4: This guy. On the other side of the table. Wow. How good are these? How good are these? [00:30:06] Speaker 15: They're pretty good. [00:30:07] Speaker 4: So you're selling the frames themselves. [00:30:09] Speaker 1: Yeah. That's really cool man. Look how good these look. [00:30:12] Speaker 15: I make them. Custom made. [00:30:14] Speaker 1: But have you only just started doing this? Yeah. [00:30:16] Speaker 15: Probably about three months. [00:30:17] Speaker 1: Because I saw your video where you made that. [00:30:18] Speaker 15: Yeah. That was awesome. Yeah. From that. Yeah. He tagged me in it. [00:30:24] Speaker ?: Yeah. [00:30:24] Speaker 15: And then Jim said. My brother said. Hey Bill can do one for you. And then it started with that one. And the most popular one is this one in the US. [00:30:30] Speaker 4: Yep. [00:30:31] Speaker 15: They get a huge amount of cars in the US. These ones look fake. Man. [00:30:34] Speaker 4: Yeah. [00:30:35] Speaker 15: Wow. Hang them in the wall. Actually got French cleat. How you been? Yeah good man. [00:30:40] Speaker 4: Yeah? [00:30:41] Speaker 1: How good do these look? From Drax toys to Drakon frames. If you need Primo displays. For your Primo figures you want the best. And the best is Drakon frames. Alright. It's officially been three hours. And I've completed my fourth aisle. And I just ran into one of the best tables. It's my mate Chris. My MOTU buddy. Hello. How's today going? You must have cleaned house today. Smashing it. [00:31:14] Speaker 4: Absolutely. Yeah. [00:31:16] Speaker 1: Yeah. Great time. [00:31:18] Speaker ?: Love it. [00:31:19] Speaker 1: Love it. So if you don't care if your figures are complete. Then Chris has all the vintage toys for you at great prices. I actually bought my vintage He-Man and Battle Cat from Chris. Off Facebook marketplace before I actually met him. At the vintage and modern toy fair. I also bought a really cheap sound wave off him at the last vintage and modern toy fair. Which was a great pick up. It's always great to see him at these events as well. We've got some dolls. Have I shown dolls yet? I feel like I've shown some dolls. But these dolls look pretty classic. And I should know because I have one Barbie doll in my collection. I have a Harley Barbie and I love it. This piece was pretty cool to look at from the War of the Worlds. Look at this. This is a beauty complete with the box. That is a classic right there. And then on the same table another classic slave layer. I'm kind of spewing I didn't buy that magazine now. I should have bought it. Hopefully someone else did. This dude actually has some great sci-fi mags at his table. I didn't know you collected Ooshies. Ooshies. Is this your thing? For my son. [00:32:27] Dave: Oh yeah. That's what they all say. That's what they all say. Yeah. [00:32:31] Speaker 1: Is there anything that you've seen that you know? Because I know you're a big movie collector of things. [00:32:35] Dave: I was eyeing off that Star Wars poster down there at the other end of this aisle. [00:32:39] Speaker 1: That really big one. Is that for sale? [00:32:41] Dave: I don't know if it's for sale. I didn't ask them. I don't know if it's a wall space big enough. But that's epic. Yeah. [00:32:47] Speaker 1: Do you collect physical media? I do. I know you have my DVD collection. I do. Do you collect VHS tapes? I do. Yes. There's these guys at the corner. They're kind of hit. Like they're on one of the corners on that end. Yep. And if you look into their store they've got a little corner of VHS. Some classic. Like all the 80s, 90s classics. I might go check them out. No worries man. [00:33:09] Speaker 2: Thanks for the tip. Speak me later. See ya. [00:33:13] Speaker 1: Alright. So if you love Sanrio and you didn't find anything at Sophie's table. Well. Maybe you like things on the smaller size. The trinkety size. Well Kitty Wonderland have all things trinkety and Sanrio. I haven't seen these guys all year. But they have some fantastic stuff. If Sanrio is your thing. And these things. I can't remember those things names. My English was very good just then. How good is this blaster? I'm so glad I didn't start collecting toy blasters. Because I'd have no space left in my room. [00:33:46] Speaker 4: Who do you call when you want some pepperoni? Oh shit it's Dean. Dean. Hey Simple Simon. How are you buddy? I'm good man. Dean. Tell me. How are you mate? I'm good. What have you found so far? I found a whole backpack full. [00:34:01] Speaker 3: Oh shit. I think one of my best purchases was an Australian Gladiators playset. Oh I love that. Still in this box. So the dual set. Comes with two of the- Original Gladiators? Original Australian 90s. Like Taipan and you know all those guys. Vulcan. Yeah. Plenty of loose figures. Plenty of Star Wars. I'm on my second bag now. I think I've been around about four laps already. So yeah. Just filled up. Ready to get back in. That's awesome. [00:34:24] Speaker 1: Did you come in here with a game plan? Were there things on your list? Or were you just going to see what came? [00:34:29] Speaker 3: I came with a game plan but I'll tell you I didn't follow it at all. Fell out of the window straight away. There's so much like quantity and quality here at this Toy Fair that I just got lost in it. Chatting to people, hunting, digging through tubs like it was all there. I'm just so excited. Awesome. [00:34:45] Speaker 1: It's great to see you here. Bye. I'm going to come see you though in Penrith. Penrith. Oh when? Penrith. [00:34:51] Speaker 3: Collector Con November. Yeah. Are you going to be there? Oh November one. Yes. Definitely. Definitely. I'll take you out. That's it. That's it. Maybe. [00:35:02] Speaker 2: Sydney get ready. Let's do it. [00:35:04] Speaker 1: Don't get here too late. Hey. [00:35:06] Speaker 2: Have I missed out on everything? Everything. Everything. Mate. Four. How long has it been? Four hours. I've only gotten from the back row to here. [00:35:14] Speaker 17: Wow. Good to see you mate. One day you'll come early. [00:35:17] Speaker 1: I know a guy who's into those. [00:35:18] Speaker 2: You might have that one though already. Yeah right. [00:35:20] Speaker 1: So these guys are at every vintage modern toy fair except for the last one actually. And they always bring the best stuff. And I always get to their table too late to see it. Unfortunately. But if they sold everything that means they made money so I'm happy for them. Look at this awesome first blood. What is that? Is that a lazy disc or a record? Rocky 2. All the classics are right at that table there. Alright. So hours and hours had gone by and I was nowhere near finishing my first lap. So I did get to a point where I was just trying to get through it. So I do apologize. There was many people there who I saw that I didn't get a chance to say hi to because they were busy as I went past. But I got to a point where I was just like I have to keep moving. It is hard work being simple Simon. I tell ya. I almost wish I had a camera person with me. That's actually a great idea. The only problem with that would be that I have to get them to film me all day for seven hours straight. No breaks. Not even a toilet break. How dare you go to the toilet on my time. Yeah. I don't think I could afford someone to want to do that with their lives. Anyway. Jumbo was also a first time seller specializing in Japanese goodies. He gets a lot of stuff from Japan. He also said to a customer he goes to Japan frequently. So if there's anything you're after he can help you source it as well. And he actually had a lot of cool transformers that I was considering getting. But at this stage I only kind of want to purchase vintage transformers of characters that I'm after. I don't want to start buying them just for the sake of buying them. I'm sure I'll eventually get to that point. But for now just specific ones. But yes Jumbo had a great table. He's just started up. So give him a follow on Instagram. Because I'm sure he'll be posting all the things that he sells. I had a brief stop off at Billy's table to get a breather before I continued on. There's Jamie from a collectible. Didn't even get a chance to speak to him because he was busy. So to all my vendor friends if I don't get a chance to chat to you or I only stop by briefly. I swear I don't mean it. I just am trying to get through my day. But one person who I can't avoid is the one and only. Hi Mark. Hi Simon. Jeez how am I going to take it and come? [00:37:37] Speaker 4: Everyone's like you mustn't be here today. Look how long it took him. [00:37:40] Ben from Super Retro Squad: It's like quarter to two and come to see his boy. Hey. Wait wait check this out. [00:37:46] Speaker 4: Wait Van get this. Hey follow this guy at Spud Collects. What is this? Oh! Oh Jinn's around here. Jinn's got it too. Is he? See how we're all covering it up though? [00:37:54] Ben from Super Retro Squad: Hey Van. Why don't you tell Mark what you think about the new Superman movie? [00:37:56] Speaker 4: It's very bright colourful. [00:37:57] Ben from Super Retro Squad: Haha. [00:37:58] Speaker 4: Yes it is Mark from Big City Comedy Slicker. Happy years to see me. You're Nathan from Collect and Concrete. [00:38:02] Speaker 7: the new Superman movie? It's very bright colourful. Yes it is Mark from Big City Comedy. Happy years [00:38:21] Speaker 1: to see me. You're Nathan from Collect and Conquer. Look how good his setup looks. That looks absolutely banging. You got the king of the street. Barely got time to say hi to the king and pay my respect. I do apologize your majesty and if you're a massive Warhammer nerd well check this out. [00:38:40] Speaker 18: In beautiful condition. Do you do other Warhammer stuff at the store? Uh well we do have Warhammer stuff but we haven't done a lot of it yet. [00:38:50] Speaker 1: Because this is like a holy grail for Warhammer people. Yeah so this is from the 80s [00:38:55] Speaker 18: and as you can see it's in absolute mint condition for its age. Perfect condition so that's that's probably our treasure trove today. There you go. Get it here, Rick's Collectibles. Yeah and we've got some Dragon Ball Z figures which we haven't had before. They're going off today. Nice. People are loving them. [00:39:16] Speaker 19: Hold this for a second. You've finally come to say hello. [00:39:18] Speaker 4: Mate I am still on my first lap and it's been five hours and I am rocking my big city shirt. [00:39:27] Speaker 19: Have you found much? I only had the chance to walk around now. I did a lap early in the morning. Just a quick one because I'm helping out Mark today. A quick lap? There's no such thing. Well yeah, I did a quick lap in 20 minutes. Lots of books available so grab some books. Jack Timeless, [00:39:44] Speaker 4: is this the collection that everyone's talking about? Yeah it is. But sadly it's got to go. [00:39:50] Speaker 2: Have you sold a lot? A little bit. A little bit? Yeah, a little bit. I thought you sold a lot more than a little bit. No. Just like I thought I would have done three laps by now but no. All right, [00:40:01] Speaker 1: let's have a look. Oh, there was a guy who was looking for halo stuff. Guy, if you're watching this video, see? Jack Timeless has halo stuff. $20. He literally was like, I'm looking for halo stuff. [00:40:10] Speaker 2: I was like, I don't know much halo stuff except for the figures but. $20. Jack Timeless. Halo. Hit him up on Instagram. No, hit me up for these things. Hit him up for those things. [00:40:21] Speaker 1: All right, if you like premium format, Jack Timeless is the guy to hit up at the moment. He's got all the primo classics. I had never seen these guys before. Check these dudes out. What are these guys from? Look at them. They're huge. Let me know in the comments if you know what those things are. And Zach from Zach's Toys was there. It's always great to chat to Zach. He is such a great guy. He even introduced me to his parents. Hi Zach's parents. My baby. Look at, and you can switch [00:41:04] Speaker 18: out their heads to, um, look like, because it's the same outfit. So she exclusively collects Robin. Right. Like only, like not Batman, just Robin. Yeah. And so this is now my biggest. So every time I see there, she's just got all this Robin, where'd this come from? Oh yeah, this is for my DVDs. Yeah. Put that on top. You can have that Robin. You can like, Oh my God. That's, that's my gift to you. The thing is we're going to have to rearrange the entire collection. Yeah. Thank you. You're welcome. I think these two are both also filled with Robin comic books. I got like 30. Yeah. Hot Toys is [00:41:38] Speaker 2: something that, uh, I prefer to watch my friends collect and then me. Well, he's been sitting on a [00:41:46] Speaker 11: shelf, uh, forever. Is that like your personal one? Yeah. So yeah. Have you got like more Hot Toys? Uh, I've got the power loader, which needs a new home because it's sitting up on top of the bookcase. And I look at it and think, I don't think I'll ever open that. You only sell at these fairs though. Do you sell online or anything like that? Yeah. But it's sort of a bit dicey selling something that expensive. Yeah. Fair enough. And bring, even bringing it here is awkward because I don't do squares. Yeah. Okay. And doing pay ID, I think there's a limit as to the bank's limit what you can pay. Oh, really? So you might be able to change the settings of that. A 24 hour, well, it's a 24 hour to clear. Yeah. Okay. And so you think, oh gosh, am I going to get, are they going to, uh, cancel the purchase afterwards? Well, they can find you at every Vintage Uman toy fair, right? [00:42:38] Speaker 1: They can. There you go. Hi, Tom and B. I didn't get to say hi to you guys because you were so busy. Tom from Mr. Anime, he told me he had a KitKat for me and I said I'd come back, but guess what? I didn't make it back. So Tom, if you're watching this, hold on to that KitKat for me because I love KitKats. Now, shout out to all the people from Adelaide who watch my videos. Collector World here from Adelaide. And there were a number of people who traveled from Adelaide, not as creators or anything, but just to attend the event and hunt. That was amazing. So big shout out to all the Adelaide people. This art of fighting post is pretty sick and you can get it at Nexus. Toys and collectibles. This vintage car is pretty sweet. I have no idea what it is. It looked like a modified Barbie car, to be honest. Uh, and if you want these Mattel Masters of the Universe figures, go see Gab because he's selling them cheaper than retail. And he also had this cool ultra Magnus figure at his table as [00:43:35] Speaker 4: well. I was after Springer and bloody Dave had it. And I asked him, I was like, do you have Springer? And he goes, I had it 10 minutes ago. What the hell? Yeah. Yeah, I did. Yeah, I'm following. [00:43:46] Speaker 8: Siege. Siege Springer. Oh, okay. That's a pretty good Springer as well. Yeah. That's great. That was a placekeeper for a lot of people until the Studio Series one came out. I don't care. I can't [00:43:54] Speaker 7: afford the more expensive ones. Oh, that's a wide angle. I hate the wide angle. I'm surprised I fit in there. I'm like standing over here and it's still clear as day. It makes me slim though. True. [00:44:05] Speaker 1: All right. Check out this massive bender from Futurama. That thing was massive. We are slowly getting towards the end of my first lap. Would you believe it? Wait until you hear the final time on my lap. Anyway, there was so much great stuff. And before I reached the final two stalls, I thought I'd go walk down the side wall to see what was available before wrapping it up, because I wanted Will and Andrew to be the final stop of the day to complete my first lap before attempting to do a second lap. But would there be any time left to do a second lap? What's up, Zeus? [00:44:47] Speaker 13: Oh no. Come on. Come on. Look at that handsome fella. Look at that hair. Wow. Jealous. Wow. That bloke. You haven't aged today. Thanks, mate. Thanks. Literally, that's like 1987. 1987. [00:45:01] Speaker 1: Sad, sad, sad. That is. Look at that guy. Look. Full of hopes and dreams. One day having the biggest [00:45:08] Speaker 13: toy fair in Australia. It all came true. It did. Everything. Married the girl of my dreams. The girl of your dreams. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. She couldn't make it today. Georgie came instead. That's a bit rough. A bit rough. A bit rough. Oh, is it a one lap record? Um, yeah. So it's, uh, I haven't really, I've got to get to [00:45:26] Speaker 1: pop toys before I fully call it a lap. But this event ran today from 9am to 4pm. It is now quarter past three and I'm about to cross the finish line. Jeez. Well done. And where's your medal? That's it. Yeah. Well, you're going to give me a medal apparently in the form of a t-shirt. In the form of a t-shirt. [00:45:44] Speaker 13: I cannot wait to rock that. Yeah. No, you'll look good. But if Andrew's not at the finish line, that doesn't count as a finish line. No. He's gone down to do some work. I think, uh, no, some very serious. He does work? Oh, important toy fair business. Oh, okay. Um, he might've gone to the donut place. No, I don't know where he's coming. No, he's coming, he's coming back. No, but it's been, yeah, [00:46:05] Speaker 1: it's been a fantastic day. All of us toy collectors felt the buzz in the past couple of weeks. In the lead up. Yeah. Yeah. This last couple of weeks, everyone, all the interstate guys or even New [00:46:17] Speaker 13: Zealand guys. Yeah. Look, I've spoken to a few of the travel, the guys from New Zealand and stuff, and people that have come from interstate and Western Australia, uh, and they have had a great day. And that's great. And it's interesting. You're talking about the hype and the buildup to this one. Most of that was not us. That was, um, you know, people sharing their experiences of last year and the, you know, the real sort of joy of what they saw and the excitement of dealers on bringing, you know, really interesting stuff that you don't see in other shows. So that's, that's where a lot of the hype has come from. We've just done, you know, putting out the basic information and it's, it's our dealers that are really, you know, made it a good, a fantastic show. So thank you to it. Thank you to all our dealers. I threw in my two cents right at the last minute [00:46:55] Speaker 2: to get people to come on Friday night. Saw that. It was great. I might've had a stab at the grumpy old men, but if you grumpy old men didn't come. Were there any cards? There were cards. And you know what? [00:47:05] Speaker 13: We always have cards. We've got some people like Dream Collectibles and stuff who've been with us for quite a long time, who are big in cards. And, uh, you know, we're very happy to have them. We'll always have a card presence, but we are wary of, we want to be as advertised on the box, vintage and modern toys. And that's what you've always been. And that's what you've always done. And obviously, uh, I respect you. Thank you. I respect, I've got great respect for you too. It's mutual respect. Anyway, where's Andrew? That's, that was a nice segue there. Shut up, Will. You're waffling. [00:47:37] Speaker 2: This is the finish line. It's 3:20. It's pop toys. And I've just walked past it. Although no, Andrew doesn't count. I need Andrew to be here. I'm, I'm, uh, you know, feeling Andrew. I'm Timu Andrew. [00:47:52] Speaker 13: And, uh, uh, he would be very proud of you and your efforts here. So well done, Simon. Well done. It's great. And, uh, across the line, but just move out of the way for the other people. Thanks mate. Yeah. Act surprised. Okay. All right, all right. And it is actually a. Oh. [00:48:08] Speaker 4: Andrew. I finally finished my first lap. Yeah. Right now. Well, two minutes ago, [00:48:14] Speaker 1: I finished it. Six hours. A break of record. Six hours and 20 minutes. Excellent. Uh, I don't think it will ever be repeated. Maybe next year's monster size. Yeah. How was your day? [00:48:24] Speaker 9: Uh, day's been very good. That's fantastic. Patrons through, uh, been to seem happy. And, uh, well, you've, you've seen more of it in six hours than I have. Yes, I have. I don't know, [00:48:34] Speaker 4: but I didn't, I still didn't feel like I saw everything. Uh, you'll see it in the video as [00:48:38] Speaker 9: you're, uh, editing. Yeah, that's right. You'll see it and go, why didn't I grab it? Uh, [00:48:42] Speaker 2: but yes, I've already said all the good things about the event. You can watch that in the Will [00:48:45] Speaker 1: segment. The Will segment. Yeah. The Will segment. It's fantastic. We saw Will from 1987. Yeah. Do you have a photo of you from 1987? On my phone? Um, yeah. Why do you have a photo? [00:48:57] Speaker 13: What? Why? You look like I look like now. You need to look back and say, wow, that is a handsome [00:49:03] Speaker 9: young man. I don't know. Like, phones have only held photos for so many years. He's a time traveler. [00:49:11] Speaker 1: Special photos. But it's been great, yeah? It's been a great event. For you guys as well, [00:49:16] Speaker 9: at Pop Toys. Yeah, got a lot of support. So we thank everyone who stopped by. It's great to hear me. stuff. And I do have a gift for you Simon. Oh, oh. And no spoilers, you have no idea what it's going to be. What is it? What is it? No way. I did not know that. Wow. That is awesome. And you know what? What? I believe it's your size and it's the only one ever produced in black. It's black. [00:49:40] Speaker 4: Black. Oh, guys. Someone I know only wears black. Yes, that's right. You know why? [00:49:47] Speaker 13: Because black is slimming. Right. Is it? Okay. Yeah, good. Right. Get more black. [00:49:54] Speaker 2: Wow. That is awesome, dude. Thank you for coming. I will wear it proudly and I will pay for those. That is awesome. Thanks so much, man. No problem at all. Excuse me. Is that a WizFizz t-shirt? [00:50:10] Speaker 1: Will you leave me alone, please? Oh, sorry. So it is the next day and how cool is my background looking at the moment? We'll come together slowly. Anyway, I got a bunch of stuff to show you, but before I show you, the event was fantastic. It's funny because yesterday when we did the toy hunt through, you know, through a bunch of shops, Mick said to me that, you know, he was worried that so many people traveled for this from interstate, from overseas and things like that. He was like, I hope it lives up to their expectations. And I was like, dude, there is no way this show does not live up to its expectation. And it absolutely did. In my opinion, I can absolutely understand if you thought it was overwhelming because there was just so much stuff there. But I think what all the hype was leading up to this was it kind of felt like, obviously, you guys know, I go to events more than anyone. And obviously, I film a lot of them. I share the events with you guys. And obviously, there's, I always talk about the criticisms that are here amongst vendors, amongst people who attend, and people who just watch, right? And there's a lot of negativity. Some of it's not really warranted. Some of it, fair enough, you know, everyone can have their opinion. And obviously, the big thing these days is everything's becoming a card show. So the thing with the monster sized toy fair was that, like, it felt like a celebration of a traditional toy fair. That's the best way I can kind of describe it. It was just, um, it was basically like, like you said, like a good old fashioned toy fair, but in its best form possible, you know, and that's always been part of what Andrew and Will's kind of vision is, you know, that's one of those things where, you know, it does suck for some people, uh, because obviously they have a very small cap for, um, you know, TCG vendors and things. They want to have them there, but you know, they don't, they want to be as advertised. And I think Will actually said in the video, you know, that they've always want to be as advertised. So things like artists and things normally can't get in because they're like, it's not really what we do, you know? Now, as far as my experience today compared to last year, like I said, I was in my head for the last two weeks, I've been in my head about this event. Like, oh my God, am I going to enjoy it? Am I going to enjoy it? And I didn't enjoy it. Like I enjoyed last year. I just realized that I kind of did myself a disservice by being so focused on the video. And this year, I wouldn't say it was the video that kind of took away, uh, from me fully taking it all in. I don't want to worry this the wrong way. Obviously it took me six hours and 20 minutes to get through the place because obviously I meet so many people. Monster Size has definitely also got a monster size amount of Simple Simon fans. Like I get it a lot, but last year's event was definitely the top top as far as like people stopping me to talk to me, you know, meeting me for the first time wanting to get a photo. And this year was just another level, another level. And I can't really say that, you know, like someone said to me, you know, doesn't that take away from the fun? And no, it doesn't take away. I mean, it takes away a little bit from me experiencing the show in a way. I wish I could do three laps like I used to, you know, a couple of years ago, I would do three laps, but you know, I can't turn away people who want to meet me and people who, you know, I love meeting the people that come up and tell me how much they watch the videos and all that sort of stuff. And they know so much about me, all the people who give me gifts and things like that. Like, how can I turn that away? You know, that is showing me that my channel is, you know, means something to people. And I've kind of built something that I want to keep building. Yes, I didn't get the fully experience like I probably was wanting to, but meeting all these people is, I think, I guess a part of what I do now when I do these things. And I'm more than happy to stop and have a chat with a lot of these people. And you know, pretty much all of them are respectful of my time too. They're like, I'll let you keep doing your thing after a bit, but you know, I'm more than happy to chat and I'd love to know what you collect as well. So fantastic day. Well done, Will and Andrew, very excited for next year. And I think it's just going to snowball. Like, you know, next year they'll be like, oh, you know, YouTube is from America coming and things like that. Right? Let's go. All right. Before I show you my stuff, actually, uh, obviously if you missed out on this and you want to get a feeling of Monza size, but on a small scale, they do still have one more of their regular vintage and modern toy fairs at the Malvern Town Hall before the year is out. So, so much left to show you. I'm going to start with what I spent my money on. I definitely missed out on items today. Um, there's people like Mick found my grails for Kenner. To be honest, I've got one. He found Vasquez and Hudson loose from the alien Kenner collection. They're probably the two rarest figures. I've already got Vasquez. I got her on card though. I'd probably prefer her loose, but that's great. Congratulations, Michael. I'm very happy for him. And I missed them by just like, literally he showed them to me and I was like, where'd you get those? He was like, I just over there somewhere. And then literally like, after we finished talking like five tables down, I saw Rod who works at Aaron's and he was like, oh, I had a Vasquez and Hudson. I just sold them. And I was like, ah, I never get upset if someone else finds something before me. It's just like, if I didn't get there first, you earned that thing. So well done to Michael. I'm happy. I'm happy that someone I know has those figures so I can go look at them if I want to. I literally for the first three hours, I think I picked up one item. When I went to the Adelaide comic and toy fair earlier in the year, I bought a Black Widow figure that is very hard one to get. I only came out a couple of years ago. It's like the classic Black Widow, Marvel legends. That one is so hard to find. Like you barely find it on sale, even on eBay. I picked it up for like 50 bucks, which is more than I like to pay for a figure, but it's a hard one to get. Some of you might know, I don't like to collect variants of characters. I like to have my favorite one and then, you know, that's it. So, you know, I sold off the previous Black Widow figure I had. And now I've had this super hard one to get for less than six months and I'm already upgrading it. So I picked up this. That's terrible on camera. I'll do a B-roll shot to give you a better look at this. This is the Age of Ultron Black Widow. Now, the reason I want this is this is the version of Black Widow I wanted because, you know, I'm a noob, you know, like classic Black Widow doesn't mean that much to me. For me, I really like this comic book cover. That's a Black Widow cover and she's wearing the suit that's got the highlighted little blue bits. And that's what this Black Widow has. So her face is not fantastic on this. She's kind of like looking upward. So I might even see if the other Black Widow head fits on this, huh? I think I'll get the spare head for the other one. So I might try a bit of a head swap and see how I go there. If not, whatever, I'll just sell the other one. And this will now be my Black Widow figure. $15. Happy to pay $15 for a loose figure. And then hours and hours went by. I was literally down to the last hour and I still hadn't spent any other money besides that. All right. I've been showered with gifts. So I'll get to those. The gifts are probably better than what I bought myself today. So I ran into Gab. He had a whole bunch of stuff. They've got great stuff. Gab and I forget his table mate's name. I want to say it's Gab and Brendan. I'm apologies though, because I probably got it wrong. But he had a bunch of Transformers and this wasn't his. This was his table mates. But he did knock off $10 for me. I picked up an Ultra Magnus. I do have some modern Transformers and I'm only collecting characters from the animated movie because I love that movie so much. And I did want an Ultra Magnus. I've been chasing one for a while. This is the War for Cybertron Siege edition. So as far as I'm aware, I'm a bit of a noob with this, but all the siege versions are all battle damage. And then there's the War for Cybertron. I can't think of the other name, but those ones aren't battle damage. So yes, I've got an Ultra Magnus in my collection now. So thank you, Gab. That will be coming out of the box. Those are the only two purchases I've made and were literally down to the last half an hour. And there was something I saw earlier in the day and I was like, you know what? I don't need this figure, but this is one that I've been watching for a while. So I went back and visited, I don't know her name. I can't remember her name. She has the table Elsewhere's. I met her at Geelong Comic and Toy Fair early in the year. She tables with her daughter, who's an artist and she had great stuff. I was watching the stuff. She was posting her stuff on Instagram and I was like, oh, she's got some really hard to find stuff. But she had this figure and I was like, you know what? I'll just get this. It wasn't cheap. It was a reasonable price for what it is. This is not an easy figure to find anymore. But you know, I spent a bit on this one, but this is Power from Chainsaw Man. It's funny because I'm not even the biggest Chainsaw Man fan. I like, it's okay. I just like the aesthetic of it all. And I've got Chainsaw Man and also Makama from the series from SH Figure Arts. And I figured, well, this would complete the set of the three characters. There's probably more characters, but they're the main ones. So I bought that as well. So shout out to Elsewhere's, who also sells on eBay. And she thanked me for my videos because she's basically, she inherited her collection that she sells. And you know, she's basically learning about a lot of this stuff. And she said, you know, I've actually learned a lot from watching your channels going to events. So big shout out there. So they were my three pickups. That was it. Again, I would have bought other things. I just, I think I just, I missed out, unfortunately. But lucky for me, this community is amazing and I get super spoiled. I definitely don't deserve it, but I do appreciate it. Don't think I don't. So we'll start off with some comic books. I know this video is probably getting long, so we'll try to keep this quick. This gentleman's name off the top of my head, I want to say it was Miguel. I've seen him before at shows. I know he's mostly a comic book guy. He came up and said, Hey man, got a gift for you. I know Billy often gives you card covers because I collect card covers. And you go, so I got you this. And how about that? A card cover slash alien cover. That's about as good as a card cover gets. I mean, that Vampirella card cover that the backseat comic guys gave me, which is pretty hot too, but that's a sick card cover there. So thank you, Miguel. Hopefully I got the name right. This was from Sam and Andrew from ChasamandaPlays, my friends from the Pokemon card community. And they don't know anything about comics. So I think they just saw an alien comics and then were like, Oh, let's get this for Simon. So they got me alien, black, red, and white. So it was called black, white, and red. And I do not have this one. So that's a great cover. Very cool. So thank you, Sam and Andrew. Great to see them there as well. And then Billy, of course had a bunch of card covers for me. So a little power through these, got a Daredevil one there. Very cool. You got, I don't know this book. This is an image book. Yeah, there you go. Matt Fraction wrote that one. So that's a cool cover there. Nice Gambit one there as well. Is that Gambit? It is Gambit. And then you've got Power Man and Iron Man. That's a cool one too. So a bunch of card covers and a bunch of gifts from people. Oh, Billy also gifted me this. Some physical media. I got myself Reservoir Dogs on VHS. He'd been selling this for a while. I didn't know it was his. It's 10 bucks. And I was like, in one of my videos, I was like, I might buy that one day and he was just like, you can have it. So Billy gives me too much stuff, mate. And let's pay him back somehow one day. Also, these gifts came from Gab, who I bought the Transformer figure from. Now, he told me that these are one of one cards that he got made. So Gab has his own Ninja Turtles Facebook group. And he was telling me last time that they do like auctions, not auctions, they do raffles. So you buy like a $2 raffle and you go on the raffle to win like vintage turtles and things like that. Don't quote me on that. I'll leave a thing to their page somewhere. So if you're a big Turtles fan, maybe check out Gab's group. And these are one of one cards he told me. So check it out. Spin Master Gab. So I think that's got something to do with maybe the raffle to some cool, unique cards. Thank you very much. This one was from Tash was her name. She came up to me and said, oh, we saw you walk past before. We're hoping you stopped at a table, but I literally, I would have missed plenty of tables. I did one lap of the place basically. So I definitely missed tables. I definitely didn't get a good look, unfortunately. And she's like, ah, so, but I saw you, I wanted to give you this gift and it's a predator pop vinyl. The fugitive predator. Now she actually messaged me to tell me a bit more about this pop. Cause I was looking at the pop and then I looked at the, um, the pop on the picture. I was like, it doesn't really match the picture. Right? So she told me that they actually custom painted the pop because they thought it was a little bit too light. So they actually added paint to it. I was like, ah, that's cool. That's makes it a one of one pop vinyl. And you know me, I love my one of ones. Uh, so that's very cool. Um, I'm not a pop vinyl collector, but you know what? This will definitely go on my shelf because I do appreciate the gift. And it obviously is going to go with my predator collection. A couple of weeks ago at Metro Comic-Con, you might remember I was given a Pokemon ETB box by Aussie collectibles to give away on my channel. And I went to Metro Comic-Con. I gave it away to this kid. His name was Lucas and his dad, Dean. I think I've got the names right there. And they actually happened to watch my channel, which worked out perfectly. Right. And they actually do YouTube themselves. They do some video game content, fighting games and stuff, which is also right up my alley. Uh, but Dean saw me and he was there with Lucas and he said, oh, Simon, I've got something for you. I was like, oh, cool. You guys, I know you're a big aliens fan. And I know you're collecting stuff with operation aliens logos on there. I was like, yes, I am. He gave me four, uh, operation aliens cards. So I think the story with these is they're from the alien versus predator trading card set, which a gentleman showed me in Adelaide. And these were, I think there was 16 or 12 or 16 cards, which are like an offset as part of that alien versus predator set. And these are operation aliens. So, uh, Dean gave me that and I was absolutely stoked. And then he had something else operation aliens for me. And this one absolutely blew my mind, right? He had an operation aliens poster for me. And I was like, holy shizen, right? So before this weekend, I only had one item with an operation, uh, aliens logo on there, which was the figure collector box, which I bought from the vintage Montoy Fair a little while ago. And then this weekend, all of a sudden I've added three things to my collections, uh, from, from gifts, uh, from the community. So check this poster out. This is absolutely banging. How good is that? I am definitely framing this that. So if you guys don't know, operation aliens was the aliens cartoon that never got made. It's actually what the alien kind of figures that I collect were based on, but there was some merchandise that was released with the operation, uh, aliens logo on there. And, uh, I am after anything that has that on there. A lot of it's not expensive, but some of the items are super rare and super hard to find, but Dean, thank you so much. I love that. It's going to get framed and go on my wall somewhere in my, in my new room. All right. This video is getting way too long. Hopefully I haven't forgotten anything, but the last thing I believe is this, and this really, you know, it was, it was a long day for me and, um, I was definitely feeling it. And it was still a part of me was like, I wish I got to, you know, maybe enjoy this day a little bit more. I didn't not enjoy my day, but you know, it was just an exhausting day for me. So when Will and Andrew presented me with my own one of one custom monster size toy fair shirt, this like really made me feel good at the end of the day. You know, it was like my reward for reaching that finish line. The fact that it's the only black one, like, you know, I love that so many people who, you know, enjoy my channel. They know so much about me. They know exactly what I want, uh, which shows that they actually watch my videos, which is really good. I will wear that proudly until it's too big for me. And you'll have to get me a large one and then a medium one. And then we'll probably stop there at medium, right? My goal is to get back in my medium shirt to start wearing tight fitting shirts, but that is all I got. It was a fantastic event. I cannot wait until next year. If you did not go, or if you're not from Melbourne, like I said, this weekend was amazing. Big shout out to all the YouTube guys who came down. It was really great to meet a lot of them. I featured some of them in this video, but I'll try to leave a link to as many of those toy YouTuber guys in the description below as well. Cause you've enjoyed my content. If you just enjoy watching toy content, collectible content, check out all those guys that came down. There's some great content creators here in Australia. And it was a pleasure to be able to, you know, have a chat with some of them. I'm going to wrap it up. There's been over 20 minutes. Hopefully I can edit at least five minutes out of this part. I'll leave a link to the Vintage Emond Toy Fair website, as well as their Instagram. Go to the website if you want to get tickets to their next Malvern show. And again, thank you to everyone who came up and said hi to me today, all the people who enjoy the channel. Like I said, I have no issues with you guys coming up to me. I sometimes get people tell me, oh, I was too nervous or my friend is too nervous to come say hi. Don't. I'm a regular guy and I'm more than happy to have a quick chat with you. Just be quick so I can keep moving. I'm joking. I'm joking. Anyway, that's all from me. If you guys are new to the channel, there'll be a playlist in the video description to see all my vlogs, all the different shops I've been to and events and all that good stuff. Until next time, I'm Simple Simon. To your friends, and keep it simple.